So one of my new year’s resolutions/goals is to write on this blog once a week all year long. This will be my first post in almost a year and so many good things have happened to our family that haven’t been documented as I feel they should. Some posts might be catching up for all that I missed in the past long while and others will be posting our present happenings and my present feelings.
There are many blog-worthy things that happen in the course of my day. Today I will start with this one.
Tommy loves writing lists. Lists for his day. Lists for his birthday presents. Lists for grocery shopping. If there is any kind of list that needs to be written, I can ask Tommy and he will write it. This is Tommy’s list for this morning. I’m not sure he has done number three. I haven’t checked. But he has definitely done the rest. (Number two is get dressed.) I love this. I think any mother loves to see her children desiring to do good things. And even better, doing them.
We made this list as a family last night for Family Home Evening after we read The Family A Proclamation to the World. Jenny was in charge and she wanted each of us to share something we felt like we could improve upon as a family. So we went around and each member, except for Taivan, gave an idea. And when we were done, Tommy felt like we missed some pretty important things and he added them to the end.
This is a glimpse into his mind. His lists are a window to what makes him tick, how he thinks. And when he makes lists, he is calmer. He talks more when he is upset, instead of screaming. He must think in lists and maybe writing them down unclutters his mind so he can express the other things that are getting caught behind what hasn’t been released.
I love lists too. Writing them down helps me to be more productive because I can see the things that need to be done, or that are high on my priority list. And I find that I think in lists in some respects. And so I can relate to Tommy more and that helps me be a better mother to him, to love him more.
But as Tommy told me this morning as he was writing his list, “They don’t all need to be done in order, and they don’t all need to be done right now. I do one thing and then I can do another thing. As long as it is a good thing.” He is wise beyond his years.
I am feeling that blogging can be my new list of things that I generally forget to write. Focusing on my family and remembering the good times. Expressing my feelings. And uncluttering my mind. Hope others enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it.